Re: [Discuss] Boot issues on Thjinkpad W520 with SSD -- resolved

2015-05-09 Thread Martin Owens
On Sat, 2015-05-09 at 18:35 -0400, John Abreau wrote: > Windows software that needs a high-performance > graphics card, such as 3D modeling software Recommend Blender. It's really very good. But of course I'd rather stick my hand in a real blender than use or put a client in the position of using

Re: [Discuss] Boot issues on Thjinkpad W520 with SSD -- resolved

2015-05-09 Thread John Abreau
On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > No. I removed Windows completely. I prefer Linux as my native OS, and if > I want to run Windows I do it in a VM. > That works great for a lot of things, such as the components of Microsoft Office, but I've found that Windows software that

Re: [Discuss] Boot issues on Thjinkpad W520 with SSD -- resolved

2015-05-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
After I discovered at a BLU meeting I could not boot (any of the 3 installed kernels or repair mode), I subsequently reinstalled from DVD and reproduced the problem. I also did a complete memory check. I then emailed IBM store support, and they sent me an RMA. I fully documented the symptoms, reins

Re: [Discuss] Boot issues on Thjinkpad W520 with SSD -- resolved

2015-05-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
No. I removed Windows completely. I prefer Linux as my native OS, and if I want to run Windows I do it in a VM. On 05/09/2015 11:39 AM, A. Richard Miller wrote: > Hi, Jerry and All: > > Went bad in March, you say?? Was it a Windows dual-boot installation, > perhaps? > > If so, I have another possi

Re: [Discuss] Boot issues on Thjinkpad W520 with SSD -- resolved

2015-05-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
Since this was well within the warranty period I sent the unit back. On 05/09/2015 10:19 AM, John Abreau wrote: > I've seen similar intermittent behavior on four separate systems over > the years. Two I just gave up on and replaced, and for the other two, > I found that one had a cracked motherboa

Re: [Discuss] Boot issues on Thjinkpad W520 with SSD -- resolved

2015-05-09 Thread John Abreau
I've seen similar intermittent behavior on four separate systems over the years. Two I just gave up on and replaced, and for the other two, I found that one had a cracked motherboard and the other had a cracked solder joint. I was able to fix the bad solder joint, but I replaced the laptop with th

Re: [Discuss] Fedora - How to enable yum-updatesd

2015-05-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
Fedora (Red Hat) system-config-services is still available for viewing, starting, and stopping services. It is a Python script that uses the GTK tool kit. On 05/02/2015 09:15 AM, edwa...@linuxmail.org wrote: > I was able to resolve this on my own. After the package was installed, > the command 'sy

Re: [Discuss] Long term data - moving it off spinning disk - other ideas?

2015-05-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
TSM is simply a backup/recovery service, but it does not specify the media the data is to be stored on. The big advantage to you is that the data is archived and can be easily recovered, and you offload it from your NAS. We have had discussions before on suitability of media for long-term storage.

Re: [Discuss] interesting discussion on silverlight

2015-05-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
I'm a bit late on this discussion because I was in Bermuda last week. Here is the URL for the Silverlight license: https://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/get-started/install/license-win.aspx There is no mention of a restriction. Note that Silverlight is licensed software, so you get a license to

Re: [Discuss] Boot issues on Thjinkpad W520 with SSD -- resolved

2015-05-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
Back in March I bought a refurb Lenovo Thinkpad W520. After installing Linux, I performed an update. Went to the installfest, worked fine. But at the following BLU meeting it would not boot. I repeated the proceedure a few times, and over a short period of time, the kernel would load but would not